Urdu – The eternal Language!

Urdu is one of the most beautiful languages amongst the languages spoken around the world. It lies amongst the few ancient verbal communication of the world. History of Urdu language goes back to 17^th century when this language originated from central Asia. The word Urdu is derived from Turkish language, which simply means “army” or “camp.”

Urdu language was originated to strengthen the course of communication between the Muslim soldiers during their conquest of India. The soldiers in the Muslim army were from different backgrounds, mainly Persian, Arabic, and Turkish. To make the communication between these soldiers smooth and understandable, a new language was developed which was then named “Urdu.”

This was the time when Persian was the official language of India, which then got changed to Urdu. Urdu language mainly contains the words of Persian language because at that time, majority was Persian speaking in the Muslim army. Developed during that time, Urdu holds its importance till now. It has survived through many times and successfully managed to keep its sanctity and glory.

The popularity of the language and its usage even continued after the Britishers took over the whole India. English was made the official language of the sub-continent, but the popularity of Urdu language and its affiliation with Muslim culture did not let it diminish from the minds of Muslims in subcontinent. It was this kinship of Muslims that Urdu has survived with such troughs and reached us becoming the national language of a Muslim country Pakistan. Currently Urdu is being spoken in different parts of the world including Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan.

Urdu Drama- Losing Its Essence And Soul

Drama is collection of several elements all together. These elements are inspirations from life and its different aspects. There is always an obvious relationship between the drama on screen and life in real.

Urdu Drama writers have earned a great name across the world in portraying themselves as natural narrator of real stories and prevailing cultures in the society.  Influential Drama writers have widely inspired the Hindi Drama tradition. This was the same era when Iranian and Turkish Drama directors started giving huge doses of poetry for additional flavor to overall drama themes.

It is believed that Urdu Drama theater has influenced the Indian drama productions in all respects. This evolution led to huge success for Indian theater all over the world. Further this evolution influenced the Indian film industry in Bombay. Successes of Bollywood films heard widely with the introduction of new film subject based on real dramas of life Pictured with music, action and romance.

Urdu Drama is still popular among the people despite the huge fan followings for film industry. With passing time, Dramas have attained new forms and traditions; the time for targeting the critical and serious societal issues is almost over. New Drama writer understanding the culture shifts are intended to produce more commercial dermatology. Commercial Drama productions have more space for the entertainment with limited scope for giving moral messages to the viewers. It won’t be wrong if we say Urdu Drama industry is losing its soul and essence. Need is for understanding the ideology of Drama pioneers who laid foundation for raising Societal Issues rather than giving the blend of glamour and style.

Urdu Literature- Lets Empower Our Thoughts

Languages have great importance for speakers. Many scholars have called language as peace and light of the mind which help speakers to reshape their thoughts and give way to express their emotions over the time. According to linguist Edward, language is more than just expression of thoughts, perceptions, sentiments and values of a society, but it also presents the   basic expression for national heritage and identity.

Urdu language has a long and very colorful history, it moved through different vocabulary additions and accents to finally shape itself as an absolute medium of communication for its users. 

Initially Urdu Poetry was dominating portion in the Urdu Literature. Urdu prose has always been there but it was not more than conventional epic stories renowned as Dastan .Urdu poetry being the diversified expression with the flavors of love, romance, critics, wit and Advice became more popular among the people.

Famous Poets like Iqbal, Meer and Ghalib introduced new style in Urdu poetry their efforts for different targeted audiences was set successfully with the beauty and diversification of Urdu language. Their publications are jewels of Urdu Literature which are still popular among the masses.

With the poetry many Urdu writers have successfully intimated the entire world with the power of their Urdu expression for targeting many national and international issues.

Urdu Literature is full of diversified creative works which has addressed every aspect of people with the beauty and effectiveness.

It is our responsibility to read and spread the valuable findings of Urdu literature.

Roman Urdu – A Reality Or A Farfetched Idea

The language most predominantly spoken in South East Asian region (comprising currently of Pakistan and India) is known as Urdu. It has seen almost a millennium of its progress and development and now it is known to have made its place amongst the most spoken languages of the world, still being able to find new places and room for its propagation across the globe.

One of the best features helping it in its majorly successful journey spanning almost over a millennium is its amazing ability to adopt and adapt through the words, phrases, proverbs, or even styles and patterns of other languages.

The advent and progression of Roman Urdu is one such great example. It is basically writing Urdu language with the help of Roman alphabets, imitating the sounds of the word being pronounced mostly. Since it follows a totally different script (i.e. Roman English) that is quite contrasting to its original Arabic and Persian influenced script, some renowned scholars like Habib R Sulemani suggest that it has been found quite offending to conventional lovers of Arabic script.

At one end, it is a cause of concern for Urdu lovers who are concerned about the sanctity and purity of the language, trying hard to stick to the origins it surged from; on the other hand, it is proving equally beneficial for the rookies and enthusiasts of Urdu language who find reading Arabic script quite difficult.

Till now, no formal efforts are known to have been undertaken in development and progress of this regard; rather all this is being done on general public level, striving to find new and convenient ways of communications.

Online Urdu Teaching Can Be A Viable Option

Recent statistics suggest that Urdu has taken the position of fifth most widely spoken language all across the globe with the current population of its native speakers touching 60 to 70 million. That is quite an achievement for a language with a history of about 900 years; but one thing is for sure, it has a highly rich, diverse and colorful history. This also perhaps serves as a reason for its fast growth.

One thing that has helped this language in sustaining and prospering through the tests of time and space is its ability to amalgamate words, phrases, and proverbs of indigenous languages wherever, it goes. This also helps indigenous population greatly in learning Urdu.

The number of people all across the world willing to learn this wonderful language is increasing with every passing day due to its rich and colorful culture and history very well aided by much groomed and developed literary fortune.

With all these aspects into consideration, the recent wave of technological advancement, particularly in IT (information technology) can serve as a great medium for any person to make a good living out of adopting Urdu teaching as a profession.

Though following the traditional class room approach for teaching Urdu can also be adopted depending on the availability of the learner some of academies offer part time Urdu classes.

Online teaching and learning has become even more viable option under current circumstances, since it doesn’t take much of time, space and money in setting up an online teaching setup. This also is greatly helpful for students who can learn Urdu sitting right in the comforts of their homes, thus making the process a whole lot easier.

Hiring a Tutor for Kids to Learn Urdu

So many people out there want their kids to learn Urdu. Most of them are the people who live overseas from their home countries, where the Urdu language is spoken. They usually want their children to learn Urdu because they want them to communicate with their grandparents back at home. Other parents want to find a tutor for their children to learn Urdu, especially when they are not showing good grades in the Urdu taught at the schools.

In both cases, it is a wise approach to look for a tutor. The first step to finding an Urdu tutor is to find one by spreading the word that you are looking for an Urdu tutor. Many references might flow in from the people who have already hired tutors and are satisfied from them. In the Asian countries, it is very easy to find a freelance Urdu tutor. Other than the freelance tutors, there are academies of Urdu teaching which accept students of all ages.

The people who live in America, Europe or in the Australian continents, find it hard to hire a freelance tutor who can come to the home to teach kids. Other than this, there is no Urdu teaching academy in these continents. However, such parents can always hire freelance Urdu tutors online. There are many websites too, which provide the services of the Urdu tutors to Americans, Europeans, and Australians.

The rates of the Urdu tutors are very nominal as compared to the tutors of the other languages.